At Metalurgia 2025, GHI Smart Furnaces brings to Brazil the most advanced technology for aluminum smelting and recycling that combines efficiency, sustainability and digitalization. Smart furnaces and complete plants are designed to maximize metal yield, reduce energy consumption and digitize processes, enabling more profitable and sustainable operations.
With more than 8,000 installations in 50 countries, GHI is a global benchmark in the sector, offering smart furnaces and complete plants to maximize metal yield, reduce energy consumption and digitize industrial processes. Among the solutions highlighted at the fair are Smart Furnaces, industrial furnaces with digital monitoring, which guarantee greater temperature control and firing efficiency. The Smart Plants models are complete plants for manufacturing recycled aluminum, with turnkey solutions for different industry segments.
The Digitalization & Machine Learning equipment uses advanced algorithms that optimize processes in real time, increasing productivity and reducing waste. All these technologies are focused on reducing carbon emissions, increasing the use of clean energy and reusing process by-products.
INNOVATIONS FOR ALUMINUM MELTING AND RECYCLING GHI
Smart Furnaces specializes in melting furnaces and plants for recycling secondary aluminium. The equipment guarantees higher metal yields through optimized processes to reduce losses and maximize the use of raw materials. The furnaces are equipped with high-efficiency burners and digital combustion control, ensuring a reduction in energy consumption.
Intelligent automation integrated with the BeyondAlea platform enables remote monitoring and predictive analysis. The use of green hydrogen and renewable energies to reduce the carbon footprint results in a lower environmental impact. GHI Smart Furnaces technology serves refineries, rolling mills, can manufacturers, extruders and industries looking to replace primary aluminum with recycled aluminum, promoting efficiency and profitability.
The company is committed to transforming aluminum recycling into a totally sustainable and profitable process, through emission reductions made possible by technologies that reduce CO₂ release by up to 30%, with the use of green hydrogen. Energy efficiency is optimized in the consumption of natural gas and electricity and the zero-waste plants concept reuses by-products such as dross and salt slag, promoting a sustainable production cycle.
ABOUT GHI SMART FURNACES
GHI is a Spanish family business founded in 1937, specializing in industrial furnaces and aluminium recycling plants. With more than 150 employees and global operations, the company stands out for its innovation and commitment to sustainability. GHI bases its strategy on three main pillars. Recycle by transforming aluminum waste into high-quality raw materials. Digitalize using AI and Machine Learning to optimize production processes. Decarbonize by implementing sustainable solutions, such as furnaces powered by green hydrogen.
